Tinker
I was walking back into my front door yesterday when I heard my grandson playing a piece of music that he was creating out of thin air. All I could do was sit still on the nearest chair, because I do believe that he had something very beautiful there.
He is only 12 and I did not want to distract him, he always makes a point of greeting me with a hug and smile. Anyway as I saw his fingers sliding across his saxophone I realized that the musical talent I heard was something that God must have given him. Where else would that kind of human magic comes from.
Sometimes I get the greatest satisfying surprises when I least suspect it.
So it is our family member, friends, and neighbors, citizens, that will give our country society the nice thing in life. Getting caught up into the daily process created by this country's economy has me working too closely around modern technically that can become blinding. Only to realize that I get the biggest thrill from the people themselves. The flash of individual human talent that give me a better perspective and hope for our country's future.
The best is yet to come if we as a country can only hire the right people to do the political job in the right way in Washington DC.
Like Charles Krauthammer said; To get our American politics right.
Turn the TV station to a better show, or if need be turn the television and Hollywood bull talk off, and go about doing what we know is right together.
Vote those bad creepy people out of the
seats of political power in our American government, and back each other
up with faith, hope, and charity, and human beauty instead.
Tinker
Life is the great beauty spread out before our eyes, the longer we
get to live with that natural magic the more beautiful it becomes.
Dazzling colors from a pitch black nothing. The glory and excitement of that reality alone make our birth worthwhile.
Tell me if you
were to start off with that same nothing at all, could you equally create the
great light that make those beautiful colors that we see today, much less all
the rest?Dazzling colors from a pitch black nothing. The glory and excitement of that reality alone make our birth worthwhile.
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With the bungled launch of HealthCare.gov and the Affordable Care Act causing millions losing their healthcare coverage, Ted Cruz urged the president to use Tuesday’s State of the Union address to apologize to the American people.
“For the State of the Union, one of the things President Obama really ought to do is look in the TV camera and say to the over five million Americans all across this country who’ve had their health insurance canceled because of Obamacare, to look in the camera and say, “I’m sorry — I told you if you like your health insurance plan, you can keep it,” the Texas senator said on Face the Nation on Sunday. “‘I told you if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor, and that wasn’t true — I’m sorry.’”
But the president match his words with action, Cruz said. “The pattern we’ve seen over and over again with this president is he says he’s sorry and he expresses outrage but then he doesn’t fix the problem.”
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Time for SEC play! Watch the Action LSU vs Auburn Sat night on ESPN. Our fans will have Death Valley rockin'!!
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LSU Football - Geaux Tigers!!!
| Sunday, January 26, 2014 | |
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| Roanoke Times | Leaving Virginia Tech for LSU 'a tough decision' for Jeff Grimes but 'a great opportunity' |
| The Advocate | Notes: Rabalais - Jeff Grimes' résumé seems strong enough for LSU |
| Sports NOLA | Recruiting: William Clapp part of busy late weekend visiting crew at LSU |
| ESPN New York | Report: Jets interested in LSU's special teams coach Thomas McGaughey |
| LSU Sports | Baseball: LSU holds first scrimmage of season |
| Times Picayune | Baseball: LSU's recipe for a repeat CWS showing is first served cold |
| The Advocate | Top prospects taking visits, to announce on signing day |
| Associated Press | MVP Auburn DE Dee Ford leads South to Senior Bowl win |
| Associated Press | Wisconsin gives Gary Andersen one-year contract extension |
| Toledo Blade | Gap widening between power conferences, MAC |
| Monday, January 27, 2014 | |
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| The Advocate | Cam Cameron shoots down link to Browns |
| Times Picayune | LSU makes strong push for Travonte Valentine, Derrick Kelly Jr. and others |
| Columbus Ledger, GA | Former FSU QB Jacob Coker going to Alabama |
| Macon Telegraph | Georgia could add advisors, if consented |
| St. Louis Today | Missouri president seeks investigation of rape allegation |
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JOHNSON: Farewell to the final year
1/23/2014 11:26:37 AM
By LUKE JOHNSON
Tiger Rag Associate Editor
So long, final year of eligibility.
It was nice to know you while you lasted, which was a good, long while. You gave us one more great reason to come out to the stadium on Saturday to cheer on our favorite players on our favorite team. They were guys that had been around the block a few times, guys that dazzled and induced helpless gasps from tens of thousands of people.
You had a good run, final year of eligibility. But your time, officially, is over – at least for those collegiate stars that have even the remotest chance of being selected sometime before the weekend in the NFL draft.
The new (read: latest) NFL collective bargaining agreement, signed in 2011, effectively sounded your death knell. You had to see that the times, they were a-changin’.
You see, football is more than just a game now. It is a high-stakes, cutthroat business, and too many throats were needlessly getting cut the old way. For all parties involved, a change needed to be made, and that left you on the outside looking in.
Wet-behind-the-ears kids were making more money than established veterans in the league, and even though you’re closely associated with college ball, you and I both know that just wasn’t right. It was an affront to those who’d cut their teeth for years on Sundays and, frankly, it was getting out of control. I mean, Sam Bradford was a hell of a prospect coming out of Oklahoma, but giving him $50 million guaranteed before he even threw a professional pass? Ludicrous, and you know it.
It altered the course of the sport, especially when considering the relationship between the college and professional versions. It was a boulder dropped into the waters of professional football, and he ripple effect was great enough that the wave of change rushed into the college ranks.
You knew that was coming, too, but what could you do?
There was no barricade you could’ve erected to suppress that wave. It screamed through your defenses to wash away the barriers that had been in place for college juniors. Now, there’s no reason not to jump ship.
A record 98 underclassmen decided to give you up this year, final year of eligibility, including seven from LSU if you count Alfred Blue, who decided he didn’t want to use the medical redshirt offered to him. A handful of the really exciting ones – guys like Johnny Football and Jeremy Hill -- even ditched your sister, two years of eligibility. Because the obstacles or incentives or whatever the hell it was that you had to keep guys in school before before were swept away with the new CBA.
Before, a guy could consider staying an extra year to vault up the draft boards. He may have been playing with fire, considering the possibility of injury or a down year, but the earnings potential an added year offered outweighed those risks in some cases.
Look at Ndamakong Suh, who parlayed an outstanding senior season at Nebraska into being the second overall pick of the 2010 draft, which, in case you were wondering, was the last time you were relevant. Suh made $40 million guaranteed in his rookie deal, roughly double what Luke Joeckel, the No. 2 overall pick last season was guaranteed.
Guys like Suh do not stick around anymore, and why should they? The potential reward no longer outweighs the risk.
You’re a bright concept, final year of eligibility, and you’ve been around athletes a lot longer than I have. So you know that, especially in the last three decades or so, big-time athletes only play college football as a means to an end.
The overwhelming majority do not come to your hallowed campus halls with dreams of becoming doctors, teachers, or accountants. They come to school to prove themselves worthy of the next level. There’s nothing wrong with that.
I went to college to study journalism, yes. But I was not interested in the study of journalism. I was interested in the practical application of what I’d learned. If the New York Times came calling in my junior year with a job offer, I’d have been out of the Red Stick faster than you can say, "Stop the presses!”
That exact same scenario played out this year at LSU. Jarvis Landry, Odell Beckham, Trai Turner, Ego Ferguson, Freak Johnson, Hill and Blue all heard the call from the next level, and it was too tempting to ignore. By coming back for another season, each of those players would be betting a lot of chips needing a royal flush to win big.
There are the outliers, yes, but each with underlying motivations. La’El Collins decided to give it another go at LSU, but his potential reward is greater than all of the aforementioned players.
Right now, Collins is a fringe right tackle/guard prospect who would likely end up as a second or third round draft pick. With another year at left tackle, where he just completed his first season, Collins might be able to prove himself a capable professional left tackle. Those guys tend to get drafted high and earn a lot of money.
Look, I’ve loved you, final year. Back when I was still a fan rooting for the Wisconsin Badgers in my youth, I got to see guys like Ron Dayne and Chris Chambers dominate in their senior seasons.
You gave me yet another reason to come back to college football every year. But the reasons are a little different now. In this day and age, your younger cousin -- first year of eligibility -- is the belle of the ball. She’s the one drawing eyes to the sport, introducing guys like Leonard Fournette and Brandon Harris to waiting eyes of fans.
You were awesome in your heyday, final year – you’re obsolete now, and that’s ok.
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So long, final year of eligibility.
It was nice to know you while you lasted, which was a good, long while. You gave us one more great reason to come out to the stadium on Saturday to cheer on our favorite players on our favorite team. They were guys that had been around the block a few times, guys that dazzled and induced helpless gasps from tens of thousands of people.
You had a good run, final year of eligibility. But your time, officially, is over – at least for those collegiate stars that have even the remotest chance of being selected sometime before the weekend in the NFL draft.
The new (read: latest) NFL collective bargaining agreement, signed in 2011, effectively sounded your death knell. You had to see that the times, they were a-changin’.
You see, football is more than just a game now. It is a high-stakes, cutthroat business, and too many throats were needlessly getting cut the old way. For all parties involved, a change needed to be made, and that left you on the outside looking in.
Wet-behind-the-ears kids were making more money than established veterans in the league, and even though you’re closely associated with college ball, you and I both know that just wasn’t right. It was an affront to those who’d cut their teeth for years on Sundays and, frankly, it was getting out of control. I mean, Sam Bradford was a hell of a prospect coming out of Oklahoma, but giving him $50 million guaranteed before he even threw a professional pass? Ludicrous, and you know it.
It altered the course of the sport, especially when considering the relationship between the college and professional versions. It was a boulder dropped into the waters of professional football, and he ripple effect was great enough that the wave of change rushed into the college ranks.
You knew that was coming, too, but what could you do?
There was no barricade you could’ve erected to suppress that wave. It screamed through your defenses to wash away the barriers that had been in place for college juniors. Now, there’s no reason not to jump ship.
A record 98 underclassmen decided to give you up this year, final year of eligibility, including seven from LSU if you count Alfred Blue, who decided he didn’t want to use the medical redshirt offered to him. A handful of the really exciting ones – guys like Johnny Football and Jeremy Hill -- even ditched your sister, two years of eligibility. Because the obstacles or incentives or whatever the hell it was that you had to keep guys in school before before were swept away with the new CBA.
Before, a guy could consider staying an extra year to vault up the draft boards. He may have been playing with fire, considering the possibility of injury or a down year, but the earnings potential an added year offered outweighed those risks in some cases.
Look at Ndamakong Suh, who parlayed an outstanding senior season at Nebraska into being the second overall pick of the 2010 draft, which, in case you were wondering, was the last time you were relevant. Suh made $40 million guaranteed in his rookie deal, roughly double what Luke Joeckel, the No. 2 overall pick last season was guaranteed.
Guys like Suh do not stick around anymore, and why should they? The potential reward no longer outweighs the risk.
You’re a bright concept, final year of eligibility, and you’ve been around athletes a lot longer than I have. So you know that, especially in the last three decades or so, big-time athletes only play college football as a means to an end.
The overwhelming majority do not come to your hallowed campus halls with dreams of becoming doctors, teachers, or accountants. They come to school to prove themselves worthy of the next level. There’s nothing wrong with that.
I went to college to study journalism, yes. But I was not interested in the study of journalism. I was interested in the practical application of what I’d learned. If the New York Times came calling in my junior year with a job offer, I’d have been out of the Red Stick faster than you can say, "Stop the presses!”
That exact same scenario played out this year at LSU. Jarvis Landry, Odell Beckham, Trai Turner, Ego Ferguson, Freak Johnson, Hill and Blue all heard the call from the next level, and it was too tempting to ignore. By coming back for another season, each of those players would be betting a lot of chips needing a royal flush to win big.
There are the outliers, yes, but each with underlying motivations. La’El Collins decided to give it another go at LSU, but his potential reward is greater than all of the aforementioned players.
Right now, Collins is a fringe right tackle/guard prospect who would likely end up as a second or third round draft pick. With another year at left tackle, where he just completed his first season, Collins might be able to prove himself a capable professional left tackle. Those guys tend to get drafted high and earn a lot of money.
Look, I’ve loved you, final year. Back when I was still a fan rooting for the Wisconsin Badgers in my youth, I got to see guys like Ron Dayne and Chris Chambers dominate in their senior seasons.
You gave me yet another reason to come back to college football every year. But the reasons are a little different now. In this day and age, your younger cousin -- first year of eligibility -- is the belle of the ball. She’s the one drawing eyes to the sport, introducing guys like Leonard Fournette and Brandon Harris to waiting eyes of fans.
You were awesome in your heyday, final year – you’re obsolete now, and that’s ok.
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1/23/2014 12:18:19 PM
A crazy process is not a better life:
For goodness sakes stop kissing the back side of corruption and realize that money is not everything. That the attitude of a man or women or community really matters. What is wrong with waiting until your four years of college is up, and than enter the NFL after graduation no matter what the pros want? Are your the master of your own fate and are you going to be just another sucker for fame, fortune, celebrity. Are you a person of a free will or are you just another addicted human life declining into the woodwork. Much like the social mess that we are creating for our children today. The truth of the matter is that all of what we see and hear is no one fault but our own. LSU is a college University, not a NFL farm team. Why not try to keep our college University's a place of higher learning teaching the person to help advance their knowledge, and not becoming apart of a process for what is going on now in today's crazy society. Just because other people act crazy, for whatever reason, you don't need to follow. Why not try to treat each other people better than that? P.S. The shiny polished floors of a new gymnasium don't overshadow a child's education.....just sayin!!!! |
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Bad for college football ... Bad .. Bad...
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